2017 年 82 巻 5 号 p. 543-545
The genus Eleiotis DC. (Fabaceae) is distributed from Burma to Sri Lanka and represented by only two species. The genus has not been screened for its cytological characters. In the present investigation, the mitotic chromosome counts (2n=20+2b) and basic karyomorphology in Eleiotis rottleri are reported for the first time and chromosome counts (2n=20+2b) in E. monophyllos are reported as a new cytotype. Generic cytotaxonomical characters of the genus Eleiotis viz. mitotic chromosome counts 2n=20+2b, two B-chromosomes and 1B category as per Stebbin asymmetry classes are also reported.
